14% alcohol
Dalamara’s vineyards are located in the North of Greece, in the hills of Macedonia. The main grape in the Naoussa region is Xinomavro. Xino means “sour” and mavro means “black”. The organic winery is run by Kostis, a sixth-generation vigneron. Xinomavro is often compared to Nebbiolo (Barolo) and Pinot Noir (Burgundy) in style.
Appearance The 2020 Dalamara has a quite pale, light ruby colour.
Nose It offers all the Xinomavro aromas with fresh strawberries, red cherry, raspberry and sundried tomato on the nose as well as forest fruits and cinnamon.
Palate On the palate, in addition to the fruits, allspice, black olive, mint, thyme, alongside cedar wood and earth notes. There are structured xinomavro tannins and high acidity, which promise good ageing potential. The finish is long with plum and chocolate sensations.
Conclusions A top quality wine which is widely available, and though at an increasing price year on year it is still tremendous value for money at around a GBP 25 level. Buy as much as you can and enjoy now or keep for at least another 10 years, over which it should develop more mature flavours.
